"Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, five hundred," Kagome counted off the last of the twenty dollar bills she had in her bag and placed it neatly in the last of the moving helpers hand. "Thanks guys! Don't spend it all in one place!" she exclaimed as she shut the door and they strolled out of her brand new high rise apartment and out of her life.

She opened the curtains in her living room revealing wall length windows with a breath taking ocean view. She had always wanted to live near a body of water, if not for the view but the tranquility. Her last apartment consisted of sirens at one in the morning and drug dealers patrolling almost every alleyway, not to mention her roommate at the time was almost as happy as she was to watch her leave.

Opening the window and inhaling the ocean breeze she could smell a hint of rain and that dampened her spirits. She was looking forward to having a few friends over for drinks but nobody would want to come out in this weather. She wasn't a party person anyways. A glass of red wine and a good book would be enough to tide her over for her first night alone.

She walked from her living room into the spare bedroom that she had turned into her office and sat down at her computer. She had promised her mother she would Skype her as soon as she had settled. No place never felt officially like home unless her mother congratulated her on a job well done.

WWKAGS: "Hi mom!"

HIRIKO77: "Hey sweetie. Are you all moved in and comfortable?"

WWKAGS: "Haven't unpacked anything yet but I think I'll wait until tomorrow."

SANGOHATESPERVERTS just signed in.

WWKAGS: "Hey mom? I'm gonna have to call you back later. Sango just signed in and I want to ask her if she would like to come over tonight."

HIRIKO77: "Alright dear, have fun and be safe! Hugs and kisses!"

WWKAGS: "Don't worry. :)"

Kagome ended the call with her mother and waited a few minutes until Sango messaged her before starting up a conversation. Sometimes Sango's brother liked to sign into her computer and use her internet without asking. One mistake of giving out way too much information about a one night stand ended up having the poor boy scarred for life.

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Hey K, having fun yet?"

WWKAGS: "You know it. Just called my mom to let her know I'm okay and now I'm free for the night. What are you up to?"

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Just finished cooking dinner. Simple but easy Ramen. Yummy."

WWKAGS: "Sounds good. Have you heard anything about Kouga lately?"

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Your ex-boyfriend? Not really. He's probably out screwing someone new, and hopefully getting some good STD's."

WWKAGS: "Hopefully. I just want to stay as far away from him as possible. Last time I saw the guy he punched a hole in my wall. Which I didn't get my damage deposit back on the last place because of him."

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Ouch. It wasn't worth it anyway. That place was scum city, and Kikyo didn't make it any better."

WWKAGS: "I still kinda liked the loft feel of it though. Definatly not going to miss the water stains and blood marks in the linoleum."

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Hah, true. Hey, do you remember that Miroku guy at our work? He asked me out on a date the other night."

WWKAGS: "He what? Oh my god! Did you say yes?"

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Not yet, I said I would think about it. I don't know if he's the type of guy I would trust in a dark theater. It doesn't take much for hands to wander with him."

WWKAGS: "Oh you need a little adventure. You never get out of your hide a hole anyways."

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Watch it girl or you'll be eating your teeth for breakfast. LOL."

WWKAGS: "Double doggie dare you (wink), I'm going to go order some pizza and curl up on my sofa. TTYL?"

SANGOHATESPERVERTS: "Promise. Have a good night. Don't get too scared of the dark. :)"

Kagome quit out of Skype and set her computer to sleep mode. She would probably want to start on her work assignment later tonight after dinner.

As she entered her kitchen she almost tripped over one of the huge boxes barring the entrance. Clumsy was always one of her good traits. She regained her posture and looked in the fridge for some sort of beverage and found none, which was to be expected since she only just moved in.

Her kitchen was her most favorite place to be in her house. The cupboards were a mahogany brown color mixed with beige and dark marble counters as well as the wall was a matching shade of beige. Her dining set matched the colors as well and was set in the middle of the kitchen facing the living room.

Her mother taught her to cook at a young age and she experimented with different ingredients which she fed to her family in hopes of not poisoning them each and every time she laid her hands on a frying pan. Eggs Benedict was her favorite but it was too late to cook eggs, especially for dinner.

Kagome decided against cooking and called for Thai delivery instead. After the food was delivered, by a very attractive delivery driver none-the-less, she grabbed a fleece blanket from her living room and curled up on one of her couches and turned on the TV.

The channel was automatically set to the local news and the weatherman was lying to the public again about how it was going to be sunny with a chance of rain tomorrow when everybody knew it was going to rain most of the day. It always does when it rains the night before.

The news reporter interrupted the weather broadcaster for an announcement on the third female who has mysteriously disappeared in the past two weeks. It was indeed something to be careful about but not serious enough to keep Kagome interested in the whole story. It happened all the time all over the world anyway and she had high doubts it would happen to her, so she changed the channel to Scrubs and fell asleep almost halfway through the most recent episode.

First night at the new home, a success.